Text: Ezekiel 24:23
OT Text Referred to: Leviticus 26:39
Subject: rot in iniquity
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Ezekiel 24:23 declares that the exiles will "rot away in your iniquities" (בַּעֲוֹנֹתֵיכֶם תִּמָּקּוּ, ba'avonotekhem timmaqqu), directly echoing the covenant curse of Leviticus 26:39: "those of you who survive will rot away in the lands of their enemies because of their iniquity" (יִמָּקּוּ בַּעֲוֹנָם, yimmaqu ba'avonam). The shared verb מָקַק (maqaq, "to rot/waste away") combined with עָוֹן (avon, "iniquity") creates an unmistakable verbal link. Ezekiel applies this Levitical curse to explain why the exiles will not mourn properly when Jerusalem falls—their grief will be an internal wasting, the very condition Moses threatened for covenant breach.
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Text: Leviticus 26:39
OT Text Referred to: Ezekiel 24:23
Subject: iniquity consequences
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment
Significance: Leviticus 26:39 describes the exiles "wasting away (יִמַּקּוּ, yimmaqu) in the lands of their enemies because of their iniquities, and also because of the iniquities of their fathers they will waste away." Ezekiel 24:23 uses this same verb when describing the stunned non-mourning of the exiles: "you will waste away (נְמַקֹּתֶם, nemaqotem) in your iniquities and groan to one another." Ezekiel's use of the distinctive verb מָקַק (maqaq, "to waste/rot away") directly echoes the Levitical covenant curse, presenting the exiles' current spiritual numbness as the fulfillment of Leviticus 26:39's warning. The people's inability to mourn properly (Ezek 24:16-23) manifests the internal decay that the covenant curse predicted.